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|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hope Rear Adm Sir James Hope]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cousin[Charles Cousin-Montauban%2C_Comte_de_Palikao |Gen Cousin-Montauban]]
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==[[Victoria Cross]] winners==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Montresor_Rogers '''Lieut Robert Rogers'''] [[44th Regiment of Foot]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McDougall_(VC) '''Private John McDougall'''] [[44th Regiment of Foot]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Henry_Lenon '''Lieut-Col Henry Lenon'''] [[67th Regiment of Foot]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Fitzgibbon '''Arthur Fitzgibbon'''], [[Hospital Apprentice]] of the Bengal Subordinate Medical Department, attached to the [[67th Regiment of Foot]], became the youngest winner of the Victoria Cross, aged 15 years 3 months. For more details see [[Apothecaries]]
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars Wikipedia - Opium Wars]Wikipedia <br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Opium_War Wikipedia - 2nd Opium War]Wikipedia <br>[http://wwwen.oxforddnbwikipedia.comorg/indexwiki/101013726/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Admiral HopeTaku_Forts Taku Forts]Wikipedia <br>[http://enwww.wikipediaoxforddnb.orgcom/index/wiki101013726/Taku_Forts Wikipedia - Taku Forts Admiral Hope]<br>''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' ====Historical books online====*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=upRFAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA108&dq=Taku+Forts+1860&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=odKBSajUDJOUMd_3iPYO#PPA108,M1 ''The British arms in North China and Japan''], David Field Rennie (1864) Google Books . Chapter 12 - Action action at Taku Forts.*[http://books.google.com/books?id=EPtBAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA883 "Desultory Notes at Takoo. By an Officer of the Siege Train"], page 383 (but computer coded page 883) from ''Minutes of Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution Volume 2'' 1861 Google Books
[[Category:Battles|Taku Forts 1860, Battle of]]
[[Category:Second Campaign 1860|Taku Forts 1860, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd China War 1856-60|Taku Forts 1860, Battle of]]
